REMARKS. , 



The weather was characterized by alternate hot and cool waves ; iu 

 several iustauces the change of temperature took place in a shoi't 

 space of time. On the 14th the mercury fell 20° in 20 minutes. 

 The weather for the mouth, however, compares favorably with the 

 coaresponding mouth of the preceding year, there being hut slight 

 difference in the mean barometric pressure, humidity, and bright 

 sunshine. The rainfall was slightly below normal, but the mean 

 temperature was a little above normal. 



For Amherst, 83.;^% of the government forecasts and 70% of the 

 local forecasts were found to be correct. 



The following is a summary furnished by the Director of the 

 New England VVeathei' Service. 



The weather for the month of June, 1892, for Massachusetts as 

 reported by tlie voluntary observers of the New England Weather 

 Service, controlled by an unusually large number of cyclonic areas 

 or storms, nearly all poorly defined and all, with one exception, 

 passing to the north of New England. This northerly movement 

 caused a prevalence of Southwest winds and consequently an abnor- 

 mally warm month. The mean temperature at most stations was 

 several degrees higher than usual while the range for the month was 

 very large; th'e lowest occurred on the night of the lOth-llth, the 

 mercury falling dangerously near the freezing point of water. A 

 sharp frost was experienced on many lowlands, es|>ecially in the 

 eastern sections ; gardens were injured in northeastern Massachu- 

 setts and some cranberry bogs were badly injured on the Cape. The 

 highest temperature was on the 14th, and, with the exception of on 

 some of the coast islands, reached over 90°. 



Very heavy local storms occurred accompanied by severe and des- 

 tructive lightning and hail. Many buildings were struck and some 

 burned by lightning on the 2d, 14th and 17th. The house of Ebenezer 

 Foster at Barre Plains village was struck by lightning during the 

 storm of the 2nd and Mr. Foster who was sitting in the kitchen at 

 the time was instantly killed. 



On the 14th the thunderstorm was accompanied by heav}' hail 

 which did much damage in the upper Connecticut valley. At 

 Turners Falls the average size of the large stones was 1 .y x \\ 

 inches and the average weight was one-half ounce. The precipita- 

 tion was above the normal except iu the southeastern sections : the 

 local storms were not so severe there as in northern and western dis- 

 tricts. 



The lack of sunshine during the last part of the month has delayed 

 haying, and the season is slightly behind the average. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 



FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



